Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Pillsbury Funfetti Celebrates 25 Years! (Giveaway Closed)

It's party time- the cake we all know and love is having a birthday! Pillsbury's Funfetti is turning 25 this year and is celebrating in a bold and colorful way. When I think of birthdays, I immediately think of cake and Pillsbury Funfetti has us covered with their Funfetti Premium Cake and Cupcake Mix and four new frosting colors- Aqua Blue Vanilla with fish shaped candy bits, Hot Pink Vanilla with pink sugar crystals, Vibrant Green Vanilla and Bold Purple Vanilla with colorful candy bits.

Last year for my birthday my mom made me a Funfetti birthday cake and while I wasn't so thrilled about turning 30, that cake made me feel like a kid again, with it's brightly speckled sweet interior. In honor of it's 25th birthday, I made something equally fun and delicious and started with everyone's favorite- crispy rice treats amped up with Funfetti cake mix and frosting. These definitely taste just like cake and worthy of a celebration.

How do you celebrate birthdays? While chatting with my family and fellow baking buddies we've come up with some tips for you on how to maximize your birthday experience.

Get the kids involved. Let them help in the celebration and planning of the day- from the food, to the decorations to the cake. Not only allow them to make some decisions on their own but let them help you mix the cake mix, hang the streamers and decorate the invitations. Even something as simple as choosing what color candles or balloons to use will make their day. Not only with the celebration be more personal, the kids will be proud of their contributions.

Often times, when there are birthdays, there is pressure to bring a gift. Then you struggle with getting the right gift for the person or how much to spend. Instead, ask your guests not to bring gifts but instead to donate their time, a toy or funds to a charity that means something to your family. If they insist on a gift ask them to provide an experience like a trip to the zoo, or going out for some ice cream rather than a gift wrapped plastic toy.

Incorporate a craft into the celebration and let that serve as the party favor. Decorate a small wooden frame with non-toxic colorful paints, glue, beads, glitter and jewels. Let the kids craft and socialize. Once the festivities are over, they'll have a handmade keepsake to remember the great day.

In a large pot, melt butter over medium heat. Add marshmallows and vanilla and stir constantly until marshmallows are completely melted.

Add the dry Pillsbury Funfetti Cake Mix to the marshmallow mixture and stir to combine. Add rice cereal and stir until the mixture comes together and the cereal is well coated.

Immediately scrape the cereal into the buttered dish and press into an even layer. Allow to cool to room temperature before before frosting.

Once rice treats are completely cool, frost with Pillsbury Funfetti Frosting and sprinkle the tops with the included sprinkles.

Cut into squares and serve.

As part of the Funfetti 25th birthday celebration, Pillsbury wants you to join in on all the fun. They are generously offering one lucky reader a Celebration Starter Kit including: Pillsbury Funfetti Premium Cake and Cupcake Mix and 4 boldly hued Funfetti Frostings as well a $50 Visa or American Express Gift Card (total value ($60).

To enter the giveaway: 1. Leave a comment on this post telling me about your Funfetti birthday memories. Please be sure to leave an email for me to contact you if you win.2. For a second entry "Like" Pillsbury Baking on Facebook3. For a third entry "Like" Lick The Bowl Good on Facebook. Leave a separate comment for each entry.

Funfetti cakes are the best birthday cakes because while they look enticing from the outside, once you take a bite, the multi-colored inside screams celebration and joy! My husband loves funfetti cakes and we will definitely be enjoying a funfetti cake for our son's 1st birthday in a few months.

A Couple months into working at my current job, one of my coworkers made me a fun fetti cake for my birthday! It was so nice of her to actually take time to bake a cake for me. Fast forward three years, and go figure, she's one of my closest friends :)Laurenkayart@gmail.com

High School. That's the time period I was living in when Funfetti cake mix came out and I remember making a Funfetti cake for a summer family party-all the kids loved the sprinkles in the cake. Thanks for the memories!

My kids loved Funfetti and my 24 year old daughter still makes these treats for her office. I think it makes us all feel like a kid again. Loving that they included purple for the new icing!Missy Fishermissybug99@hotmail.com

I was born in the 50's and I remember my Mother making a confetti cake for me before they were made easy from Pillsbury! My 31 year old daughter still asks for this cake for her birthday! I love the bars you can make from Pillsbury's cake mix, they are so easy!

I just happened to make funfetti cupcakes to bring into work this week! The delight in everyone's eyes was wonderful and there were several "sprinkles make me so happy" comments. Funfetti cake with Betty Crocker's rainbow chip icing was and still is birthday heaven!

I remember cake mixes with sprinkles (and as I recall, the colors kind of bled into the cake!), but haven't seen/paid attention to "funfetti." However, I live under a rock in a cave :) And they certainly look so fun and festive.

I have made all sorts of specialty cakes with Funfetti cake mix for my family. I usually make my own frostings, but everyone always requests the original Pillsbury Funfetti for the cake. And as always, it gets RAVE reviews! ♥

Alas, I am too old for this product to have appeared at any childhood birthday of mine, but my neighbor down the street (who does everything so beautifully) had a cute birthday for her twins just this year with funfetti in the cupcakes.

I don't have any birthday memories, but my friend absolutely loves Funfetti cake and I always think of her when I see it. I always send her a picture whenever I see a new Funfetti product. Happy Birthday!

Ha! That's funny because my birthday cake every year is funfetti (since I was 7!) with that white frosting with the little balls in it. However, I didn't get it two years ago because my mom couldn't find the frosting :( So my memory is the year I didn't get funfetti lol But it will not happen again! 15/16 isn't that bad ;)cmg1852@yahoo.com

OMG this is my daughters favorite cake and has been most of her 22 cake eating years lol. It must be the favorite of many because sometimes we have to visit multiple stores to find it. Happy birthday Funfetti!

I saw these in Target the other day and got so excited! My daughter asked for a Tinkerbell theme for her 5th birthday in June, and I was just going to do regular vanilla frosting with cake toppers... now I know I'm doing PURPLE frosting (with the confetti colors, they are PERFECT compliments for a Tink theme!) with a Tink candle.

THEN, I saw the Aqua... with FISH confetti no less! The Little Mermaid is MY fave.. And I turn 40 in August... So, yep... I'm having an Ariel cake for myself! because if you can't do that for your 40th, when can you? LOL

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My name is Monica and I'm a stay at home mom living in central Texas. I like to cook, but baking is my passion. I am an (obsessive) collector of cake stands, cookbooks and bakeware. I make lots of yummy treats and often share my sweet creations with friends, family and anyone else who is willing to be my guinea pig. I have lots of recipes in the archives so I hope you'll stick around for awhile!

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